Indigenous Peoples FPIC Protocols

TRTFN Mining Policy, March 2007 10/17 e. the information will not be published in any reports or maps issued by the company in a form that is not described in the agreement or otherwise not formally approved by the TRTFN Government: and f. any costs to TRTFN Government incurred in the production or transfer of the information are recovered from the proponent. RELATIONSHIP OF MINING POLICY TO ABORIGINAL RIGHTS 42. Except as specifically consented to in writing by TRTFN, this Policy and the procedures it defines are without prejudice, and nothing in this Policy or the procedures it provides for shall be construed so as to: a. abrogate or derogate from the protection provided for existing aboriginal or treaty rights of the TRTFN by the recognition and affirmation of those rights in Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982; b. abrogate or derogate from any fiduciary or other legal duty or obligation of the Crown to the TRTFN that may be derived from treaties, constitutional provisions, legislation, common law or express undertakings; or c. preclude or limit the right of the TRTFN to advocate before the courts any position on the existence, nature or scope of any aboriginal or treaty right of the TRTFN, or of any fiduciary or other legal duty or obligation owed by the Crown to the TRTFN. REVIEW OF POLICY 43. TRTFN Government shall review and make any necessary changes to this Mining Policy: a. no later than two years from the initial ratification of the Policy; and b. every five years thereafter.